WOW! New Orleans (1947) Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman Musical...

IMAGINE Billie Holiday! Louis Armstrong! Woody Herman in a 40's film set in New Orleans !!!!!!!

THE BLEEDING EDGE : Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering's Searing Exposé of the Unregulated, Multi-Billion Dollar Medical Device Industry| Trailer |Netflix :Body part replacement is BIG BUSINESS how to choose a body part replacement ...or not!

WHAT TO BELIEVE ???????? Award-winning documentarians Kirby Dick and Amy Heckerling take a hard look at the body part replacement industry and some hard questions .. as should anyone trying to make an informed choice of replacement treatment. Yes, we are talking about hips and knees atc Is it profit over care ???..how to decide about the latest piece of body part replacement. Be informed before it is too late
available to NETFLIX  and select theaters nationwide

Art fights back: Madboots Dance : GAY GUERRILLA In Process

ART is a weapon in the culture wars too


MADBOOTS DANCE : GAY GUERRILLA In Process Original score By Julius Eastman Jonathan Campbell +Austin Diaz

ESSENTIAL (watch in a dark room please) Metropolis (1927) Fritz Lang - Rescore by The New Pollutants

Essential: watch in a dark room, please

Lesson from an ENGAGED ARtiST : HELL YOU TALMBOUT-Janelle Monáe,e, St. Beauty, Jidenna, Roman...

Live like her I suggest no matter what you do .. hope is born in action and communication. Shout out the names you know.... shout out ..take ACTION ..be here now , blessed be

CAN'T WAIT! LSD! CIA! the unraveling of Wormwood | Teaser [HD] | Netflix

Coming 

Errol Morris directs this series that probes the mysterious death of a Cold War military scientist involved in a secret biological warfare program.

looking for love...a son helps his mother

Millions of people have followed this quite beautiful story of a son wanting to make sure his mother was happy.  It is in three short parts ... I always try through culture to balance out sadness with something that gives me joy. (no siggers please!) So here is a little light in these dark Harvey/Trump days :

Part 1

Part 2

part 3

Published on May 10, 2015

I would like to introduce you to my mother, Eva, who´s single and deserves a good man. If you are that man or know someone who could be, than please contact us at: icouldbeadam@gmail.com

music: original score from TheBandsGonnaMakeIT as well as one track: "three" by Cameron Ernst, which i have bought the rights to use for this little short through MusicBed.

I would like to give an extra special thanks to Wenche Selvig Johansen for all her endless support, you´re awesome Swanks. Also to the Dampling brothers Jonathan and Sebastian Lundmark, John Jacobsen, Anthony Huus and all my other good friends for pushing me to get things done, thanks again:)

And last but not least i would like to thank my mother for being so brave that she let me post this video, and at the same time exposing her to the world. Please be kind to her and everyone else, including animals. We all deserve to be loved:)

JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE FUNK BLACK MUSICIANS HAVE DONE FOR AMERICAN CULTURE Michael Jackson, Prince and James Brown live and together!

AVANT SUPERGROUP: Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, ANOHNI - I'm Going Away Smiling...

A Supergroup that excites me ... Yoko, Sean and ANOHNI

CineSalon EDM Anthems: French Touch on Film. + panel, master class, rooftop dance party

This March and April, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York’s premiere French cultural center, celebrates electronic dance music from France with EDM Anthems: French Touch on Film. The new CinéSalon film series will be accompanied by events with leading artists of French Touch, including a master class, a panel discussion, and a rooftop dance party. EDM Anthems: French Touch on Film is presented in partnership with UniFrance, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Bureau Export/France Rocks, and French Move.

Since the mid-1990s, a group of French DJs and producers have revolutionized dance music with their distinct mix of disco samples and robotic vocals. Known as the French Touch, musicians associated with this movement—including Daft Punk, Kavinsky, and Air—ha

ve also put their mark on contemporary cinema.

Presenting a series of films scored by and about DJs, EDM Anthems: French Touch on Film explores how French Touch has extended beyond the dance floors to transform the look and feel of cinema itself. Each screening will feature an episode of French Waves, the web series about French Touch music and its artists.

EDM Anthems: French Touch on Film kicks off on Tuesday, March 1 with the New York theatrical premiere of the 2015 documentaryDaft Punk Unchained, the story of the masked French duo that would indelibly change dance music. The screenings are free with RSVP, and the 7:30pm screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Hervé Martin-Delpierre and DJ Superpoze.

FIAF and French Waves welcome DJ and former Daft Punk manager Pedro Winter (Busy P) on Thursday, March 3 for a French Touch Master Class, where he will be joined by DJs Boston Bun, Superpoze, rising star Jacques, and French Waves director Julian Starke for live demonstrations. Rooftop bar and discothèque Le Bain celebrates French Touch with a Dance Party featuring DJs Busy P., Boston Bun, Superpoze, and Jacques on Friday, March 4. And as part of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center will host a talk with French Touch Composers Grégoire Hetzel, Mathieu Lamboley, and Mark Snow, composers, respectively, of Summertime, Lolo, and The X Files, on Monday, March 7, moderated by Variety’s Elsa Keslassy.

Below is the press release with the full program. For more info visit www.fiaf.org. Here is a link with hi-res, downloadable images and credit information.

Special Events:

·         French Touch Master Class with DJ Pedro Winter (Busy P), Thursday, March 3 at 7:30pm at FIAF

·         Dance Party with Busy P, Boston Bun, Jacques, and Soperpoze, Friday, March 4 10pm-4am at Le Bain

·         Talk with French Touch Composers: Grégoire Hetzel, Mathieu Lamboley, and Mark Snow, Monday, March 7 at 7:30pm at Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center

Films:

·         Daft Punk Unchained, dir. Hervé Martin-Delpierre, Tuesday, March 1 at 4 & 7:30pm. Free with RSVP! Q&A with Director Hervé-Martin Delpierre and DJ Superpoze after 7:30pm screening.

·         Grand Central, dir. Rebecca Zlotowski, Tuesday, March 8 at 4 & 7:30pm.

·         You and the Night, dir. Yann Gonzales, Tuesday, March 15 at 4 7:30pm.

·         Eden, dir. Mia Hansen-Løve, Tuesday, March 22 at 4 & 7:30pm.

·         Love at First Fight, dir. Thomas Cailley, Tuesday, March 29 at 4 & 7:30pm.

·         The Virgin Suicides, dir. Sofia Coppola & Trip to the Moon, dir. Georges Méliès, Tuesday, April 12 at 4 & 7:30pm.

·         Drive, dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, Tuesday, April 19 at 4 & 7:30pm.

·         Girlhood, dir. Céline Sciamma, Tuesday, April 26 at 4 & 7:30pm.

Eartha Kitt, James Dean, Sevilla Fort and me: memories of youth

This picture brings back fond memories : Eartha Kitt and James Dean of a dance teacher we shared .

Eartha Kitt wrote :
James Dean said to me, 'I want to move like you, can you teach me how to move my body like you do on stage?' And I told him where to meet me, here in New York and that's where we met for dance classes. And that's where Jamie and I always met downstairs from the studio to have coffee, to have our little tete-a-tete conversations... He had something in him that he didn't understand. He wanted to learn from me how to move on the stage the way I do, so I taught him how to control his body and how to let the words physically carry you from this point to that point. I was in a play and he had just done his first film so we were both becoming known at the time. It was a good time.

- Eartha Kitt, American Masters

I remember also :

SEVILLA FORT was the teacher of each of us.

Sevilla Fort was a black, socially engaged dancer who was blacklisted in the fifties. Lee Strasberg sent me to her classes in the early '60's. I remember being full of fear as the class was full of black and brown kids she had taken from the streets of Harlem and when they went across the floor they were breathtaking. I thought I can never do that and balked when I was direct to " dance across the room "  I said something stupid like " I can dance like them"  . Forte told the class she was taking a five minute break .. and came over to me and in private said  so as I think not humiliate me in front of the whole class: "Jim, stop comparing yourself to these kids .. this is the only opportunity they have to feel free and expressed themselves. Stop comparing and simply do your best . I an not comparing you to any other person here. I just want you to have the courage to risk giving yourself the time to  develop the confidence in your ability."  Then she started up the class again and after two or three fabulous dancers crossed the floor she asked me to again try to cross the floor . I swallowed my pride and did the best I could ..which was in my mind nothing like  what I had seen .When I finished she said to the class.."Never compare yourself to someone else .. you will always think someone is better than you. That is negative ego and will stop your creative growth. All I ask is that each person strives to be the best they are capable of .. that is why this is called a class and not a production." these words still ring in my ears,

An Evening With Neil Young -- Presented by AARP Trailer

If you have never been to a FATHOM live concert in Cinemas .. you will be surprised just how exciting they are .. you get close ups and depending on the theater the sound quality is superb.. It is just not a recording of a live concert . The camera It is a specific camera directed production     I must admit at first I was skeptical .. but it was taking a frail friend to the see and hear the Met Opera at the Walter Reade at Lincoln Center  and then seeing Benedict Cumberbun in Hamlet that  convince me just how good the experience could be. I am now hooked .. and here is an upcoming Neil Young concert .. anyone have feedback?

BACK ON BOARD: Greg Louganis airs on HBO Olympic Gold, HIV and finding oneself. + Barbara Walter interview (1995) and diving clips C

HBO airs doc on the Gold Metal winner and how homophobia both internalized and in the world outside impacted on the life of one of America's top Olympians. From gold metals wins to hiv + shame/ A tell all that reveals what it is like to be "different" and to succeed only to be rejected both because of sexual orientation and than AIDS bias. The stunning clips of his Olympic winning dives more than balances the self doubt and journey back ot metal and physical health. A movie for all generations to watch and talk about ..that is what a good documentary can achieve.

Greg Louganis Dives In Again To Share His Powerful Personal Story

On August 4, HBO will premiere Back On Board: Greg Louganis. The film, which won the audience award for documentary feature at Outfest in 2014, is an up close and personal look at the life of the four-time Olympic...

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The Olympic Gold winning dives ..

Barbara Walters interview 1995

Nothing like a standing ovation at the CASTRO theater in SF during FRAMELINE'S International Lesbain and Gay Film Festival to finally feel home again

Lady Low - You Say You Don't Love Me

 WOW! the BUZZCOCKS song given a beautiful interpretation by LA based dj and chanteuse....... Lady Low!

TEA with JULIE HARRIS .. gone but present

JULIE HARRIS passed this year ... but we found a little tea party chat she had with fashion icon Diane Parent and she remains alive ...thank you vincent william gagliostro

a darling party from vincent william gagliostro on Vimeo.

Lady Gaga Singing the National Anthem @ the NYC Pride Rally 2013

Lady GaGa still recuperating from hip surgery makes a surprise visit to NYC Gay Pride Celebration and sings the national anthem with slight rainbow change of lyric .. this girl is on fire !  thank you GaGa

The Aggressives dIr Daniel E. Peddle ...a Look at GENDER !

There is so much talk these days about gender expression and the body I thought I would share this link to the film THE AGGRESSIVES. Daniel Peddle made this film about five years ago and it is a deep look at bodies born female who choose to express their gender in an very masculine representation. Its free on HULA ... Here is the REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter review I wrote after THE AGGRESSIVES premiered at SXSW 2011

THE AGRESSIVES director\s cut free on HULA
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Jim Fouratt's Reel Deal : Movies that Matter review

Girls Will Boys 

Daniel Peddle’s film examines the rich culture of black, butch aggressives

By JIM FOURATT

No surprise that Daniel Peddle’s film “The Aggressives,” the only film picked up earlier this year at the SXSW film festival, a mini-Sundance of sorts in Austin, Texas, should turn away crowds at queer venues everywhere, including SRO at New York’s New Festival, San Francisco’s International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and Outfest in Los Angeles.

The New Festival here made a mistake by programming the film in its smallest theater space on the first day of the festival, a weekday, at 5 o’clock. Much to the festival’s surprise, more than 200 unhappy people were turned away from its only screening of the film. NewFest apparently misjudged the potential audience for this provocative peek inside the black, lesbian, butch-identified culture invisible to most of the white queer world.

The intense interest in gender expression, particularly in the academic world where there has been a shift from a focus on gay and lesbian identity to one on queer and trans identity, makes the film particularly timely.

“The Aggressives” documents the lives of six very different women, each of whom identifies herself with the concept of aggressives. The street word is AG, a term popular among women of color to describe females very much in touch with their masculinity. Historically, the words used to describe such women have been butch, passing woman, bull dagger, bull dyke, and stud. AG has joined this corner of the language of gender expression, as a positive word that these women use to communicate both empowerment and community.

The portraits presented in this film break down the media stereotypes about the women these words are used to describe. The world these women inhabit got a fair amount of aboveground coverage in the wake of the lead Gay City News took in reporting the murder of 15-year-old Sakia Gunn in Newark, New Jersey in May 2003. Gunn, who friends described as an AG, was murdered after she went to the defense of her girlfriend who was being hassled by two black men cruising the city’s downtown streets in the early morning hours.

Gunn and her girlfriend had just returned to Newark after a night of socializing on the Hudson River waterfront in the West Village, a gathering place frequented late night predominately by black gay, lesbian, and trans teens. The turn-out of more than a thousand black teenage lesbians in butch/ femme pairings—sporting rainbow doo-rags, necklaces, and hair braids—at Gunn’s funeral in Newark was an eloquent testimony to the women’s willingness to be out and visible.

Daniel Peddle is an NYU film school graduate and also holds a degree in anthropology as well as being a children’s book author. Since he happened about the late night scene at the end of Christopher Street six years ago while scouting for talent, Peddle has also been much sought after as a casting director for “real people” models by a fashion industry fascinated by the culture he discovered. Peddle, a slim, fashionably street-attired, white man, raised in the South, spent five years gaining the trust and confidence of the multi-racial community he found at the river.

The representation in Peddle’s film is principally black, though he sensitively includes Asian and Latina aggressives and their femme girlfriends. Audiences everywhere can see a world of gender expression that is almost Genet-like, with heightened femme and butch identities. Significantly, the AGs identify as female despite their amazing expression of masculine gender in hair, clothes, names, and role-playing.

Peddle takes his camera inside of a Newark contest hall where the best aggressive is to be chosen. The gender presentation would confuse even those most sensitive to varieties of masculine and feminine expression. These “men” are stunning in their strutting of female masculinity, with the swagger and self-confidence of seductive Olympians. The film offers a clear perspective on butch women who express their female masculinity gender while remaining identified as lesbians, rather than living a male identity in presentation or through medical intervention.

Men, in particular, will also learn much from how these aggressives treat the women they love. Peddle realistically shows expression of male braggadocio, but there is none of the dismissive and sometimes violent behavior some men express toward women they desire. It is important for these images to be seen on the screen, and not only by those who identify with femme/butch gender expression. It would be a loss if this film were simply nitched as such.

Peddle has made a beautiful and moving film that does not exploit its subjects. Instead, like Jenny Livingston’s 1991 “Paris Is Burning,” and David LaChapelle’s more recent “Rize,” it humanizes people who are either invisible or stigmatized and marginalized in the media. Even in it specificity, “The Aggressives” opens a window on how all men and women can relate with their sexual partners and those they desire.

Not only is Peddle’s film provocative with its revelations about gender expression, it is also full of humor and warmth with which any sensitive individual can identify.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/331822/the-aggressives

Tonight at the Tank Lucy Winer takes us where we do not want to go....... and need to .... I'm going 

MENTAL HEALTH CARE: A PAINFUL LEGACY AND TODAY’S CRISIS

Screening & Discussion with LUCY WINER
Filmmaker of "Kings Park: Stories from an American Mental Institution" and 
STEPHANIE SCHROEDER, Activist & Author "Beautiful Wreck: Sex, Lies, and Suicide"
Trailer:
http://kingsparkmovie.com/

Thursday, May 23, 2013
6:30-9:15 PM
The Feminist District
The Tank- 151 W. 46th St. (b/t 6th & 7th Ave) 8th Floor, NYC 10036
elevator access
Subway: N,R,Q to 49th St. or B,D,F,M to Rockefeller Center

We're Not Broke screens at The Film Society of lincolin Center just as NYtimes breaks story of Apple and other US Corporations do not pay any corporate taxes on Billions of dollars held off-shore

Ever since I saw this at Sundance it has rattled in my head . The revelations about major U.S. corporations NOT paying corporate taxes and the recent NY TIMES expose on Apple and the defiant stance of Apple executive Tim Cook at this week's Senate hearing made me want to go to the The Film Society of Lincoln Center's screening  May 22 . I wanted to hear the discussion with filmmaker Karin Hayes and tax maven and Lauren Bacall sound-a -LIke Lee Sheppard. Film Sociey programer, Isa Cucinotta,  led a welcomed inltelligent conversation with audience participation post screening. I happen to love this kind of event where a post screening discussion can take place. Its been popping up all over the country in one night screenings as well as all over the world. Perfect memorial day movie. Have your friends over while it rains and screen and discuss. Shocking. go to web site http://werenotbrokemovie.com/ and find out how to stream in your living room. note: I suggest you do not use Itunes to stream ..watching you will understand why.

trailer 

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Sundance post world premier screening Q&A

HOMAGE TO TAYLOR MEAD the first underground movie star RON RICE, WARHOL etc 89 and still being the transgressive poet and provocateur

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    7:30pm

• The Film-Makers' Cooperative in Collaboration with Soho House Presents: A Rare Screening of the 16mm Films of Taylor Mead Soho House, 7:30 pm 139 Ludlow St. (between Rivington and Stanton) Introduction by MM Serra Projection/Sound by Bradley Eros & Joel Schlemowitz Taylor Mead "They are all dead" Poetry project new Years 2010 Program Home Movies - Rome/Florence/Venice/Greece Home Movies/N. Y. C. to San Diego My Home Movies Get there early!

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